Cigar-tuck cutter.



G. W. BOWMAN.

CIGAR TUCK CUTTER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 27, 1914.

1 1 10,106. Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

A 7TOENEY8 THE NORRIS F'E7ERS C0. PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON. u. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. BOWMAN, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR- DUCK CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 27, 1914. Serial No. 847,743.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonon WV. BOWMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Tuck Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cigar cutters or trimmers of the type disclosed in my Patent No. 1,087,715, dated February 17, 1914.

The general object of the present invention is to provide a cutter of the type specified, with an automatic ejector for removing the cigars from a machine at the completion of the cutting operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigar seat hingedly supported relatively to the cutter and so connected with the movable knife as to be automatically operated as the knife reaches the end of its stroke, to eject the trimmed cigars from the machine.

A further object is toprovide a suitable leverage mechanism connected to the cigar seat, and having a lost motion connection with the movable knife, whereby the seat will b operated by the knife as it nears the end of its stroke.

With these objects in view, and others as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates oneembodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout the several views: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a cigar cutter or trimmer equipped with the ejector. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ejector and operating mechanism removed from the cutter. Fig. 3 is a sid elevational view showing the ejector in open position. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig.

1 showing the ejector in closed position Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4: showing the ejector in open position, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the stationary knife showing the slot through which one end of the lever spring works.

Referring to the drawing A is an inclined support having a base 1 whereoy it may be secured to a table or the like, said support belng provided longitudinally thereof with a cigar receiving opening or slot 3 having rabbeted rear edges 4. Flanges 5 extending rearwardly from the lateral edges of support A, form th sides of the machine. A suitable gage or rest 6 is supported by a plate 7 provided with a thumb screw 8 adapted to engage a threaded opening in a clamp plate 9, which plates 8 and 9 engage the opposite sides of the support at the edges of slot 3, and form a holder for the gage, whlch holder may be adjusted longitudinally of the support A in accordance with the length of the cigars to be trimmed, and maintalned in position by tightening of the thumb screw 8.v

A stationary knife 10 having a cutting edge 11 is secured to the upper end of the support A, and a movable knife 12 having a handle 13 is pivotally mounted on the upper end of the frame at 14 and is adapted to coact with knife 10 in cutting the tucked ends of the cigars, and a retainer 15 is carried by the fixed cutter l0, and is'provided with an arm 16 having an angular end 17 extending over the back of the movable knife 12 and adapted to be engaged by thestop 18, said retainer 15 being actuated by means of a spring 19. A mechanism including a spring and link connection indicated at 20 between the movable knife and the support operates to maintain the knife normally in retracted or open position.

The construction and operation of gage 6, stationary knife .10, movable knife 12, retainer 15 and the movable knife retractor 20 is exactly similar to the'construction and operation of the same parts in my patent of above mentioned number, and it is therefore deemed unnecessary to explain their operation in detail here.

The mechanism which forms the subject of the present invention includes a cigar seat and mechanism for automatically operating the same for ejecting the cigars from the cutter. In the drawingthe seat is indicated by the numeral 2 and comprises a strip of metal slightly bulged rearwardly or chan-. neled at its central portion as at 21, and is provided with a central longitudinal slot 22, one edge of the seat being provided with eyes 23, the opposite edge of said seat being rearwardly bent or curved as at 2 1, and through the eyes 23 extends a pintle 25 car- Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

ried by the support A in the rear thereof and adjacent one of the side flanges 5, on which pintle said seat is ada Jted to swine. The bent or lipped edge 24 of the cigar seat is adapted to engage, when the seat is in closed position, within the rabheted edge adjacent the movable knife, the pintle 25 being disposed near the opposite edge of the support, so that the seat is adapted to entirely close the cigar receiving opening, and in such position as to co-act with the gage in supporting the cigars in position to be cut by the knives. The seat comprises in its broad sense, an ejecting device for the cutter.

Pivoted near its outer end to the base 1 of the support at the point 27, and in the rear of said support, is a lever :28 extending transversely of the support and provided at its inner end with an elongated slot 29 in which engages a pin 30 soldered or otherwise secured to the seat 2 at the lower end thereof and adjacent its pivot point. The outer reduced end 31 of lever 28 extends through a slot 32 in theadjacent flange 5, and. projects to one side of the support, in position to engage in a recess 83 cut longitudinally of the lower end oii the lever 3 which lever is pivoted near its upper end at 35 to the side ot support ll, the upper end of said lever alsoheing provided with a recess or notch 36 in which engages a rounded lug 37 carried upon the lower end of a third lever 38, which lever is pivoted near its lower end at 39 to the side of standard A, the upper end of which lever 38 is in the form of a spring 40 extending upwardly along side the standard and. through an arcuate slot all provided in the stationary cutter 10 as indicated in Fig. o, the extreme upper end of spring d0 engaging through a shorter arcuate slot -12 provided in the movable knife 12.

lVhen the movable knife is in open position indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, the spring 40 is under a slight tension and engages the forward edge of slot Q2, and as the movable knife is rotated in its cutting action the slot travels over the spring while the latter at the same time is assuming its neutral position, at which point the cutter is nearing the completion of its stroke and further movement of the cutter brings the rear end of the slot into engagement with the spring 40 forcing the same forwardly to a slight jdegree,.which action in turn operates the eration of the parts taking place thus closlng the seat against the support, in position to receive another cigar.

The inclined position or the seat and the weight of the cigar alone would ordinarily sui'lice to release the cigar from the cutter upon the rearward] y swinging motion of the seat, but in order to insure the ejection of the cigar the curved engaging arm d3 is provided, which is carried by a plate at supporting a thumb screw which extends through an elongated slot 1-6 near the pivoted ed e of the cigar seat, and by means of which thumb screw the arm may be adjusted longitudinally of the seat to the most desirable position for engaging the cigars to be out. As the seat swings out upon operajtion of the lovers, by reason of the engage- .ment of the cigar hy the arm, the former ;will be thrown from its position in the cut- ,ter and ejected onto the table or stand on ,which the cutter is positioned.

The arrangement of the levers is such that z the slight motion imparted to lever 38, is sufficient for swinging the seat into the open position indicated in Fig.5, and by reason of the lost motion connection between the leverage mechanism and the movable linijte, the

nears the completion of its stroke, so that when the cigar seat is moved suiiiciently to allow the ejection of the cigar the cutting operation will have been completed.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the anvantagcs of the construction and ljniethod of operation will be readily under- ;stood by those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains, and while it have described the principle of the operation together with the device which I now consider to he the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims.

lrlaving thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A cigar tuck cutter comprising a sup port arranged to he held in a position inclined from the vertical and provided. with means for trimming or cutting the tuck end of a cigar, an adjustable rest arranged to support the cigar on its tip end, a cigar seat mounted on the support, and connections whereby said seat is moved to c ischarge the cigar when trimmed, said scat being provided with means serving to position the cigar on the rest and to positively engage the cigar when the seat is moving to discharge position.

2. A cigar tuck cutter, comprising an inclined support having a longitudinal open ing, a pivoted knife, a cigar rest carried by the support and adjustable to the ditt'ormer will be operated only as the latter ing the support, a cigar engaging arm carried by the seat above the rest, and

means for operating the seat from the knife.

3. The combina tion with a cigar tuck cutter having an inclined support, a cigar rest, and a movable cutting knife, of a cigar seat pivotally supported and adapted to normally close the opening, a lever mechanism mounted on the support for operating said cigar seat from the movable knife, said mechanism having a lost motion connection with said knife whereby said cigar seat is swung outwardly only as said knife completes its stroke.

4. The combination with a cigar cutter having a movable knife, of a movable cigar seat normally disposed to support a cigar in position to be cut by said knife, an operating mechanism between the knife and seat, said mechanism including a series of connected levers, and a spring connection between one of the levers and one of the levers of the said knife for normally maintaining the seat in supporting position, and adapted upon completion of the knife stroke to operate said levers whereby to move said seat out of cigar supporting position.

The combination with a cigar cutter including an inclined support having a cigar receiving opening, and having cutting knives, of a cigar seat comprising a plate having hinge eyes formed on one edge there of, said seat being slightly grooved longitudinally, a pintle carried by the support and engaging said eyes for pivotally maintaining said seat in position to close the opening in the support, said seat provided with a longitudinal central slot therein, said seat being provided adjacent its hinged edge with a second longitudinally disposed slot, a plate having a thumb screw extending through last said slot whereby said plate may be held in adjusted position longitudinally of said seat, a curved cigar engaging arm carried by said plate, and means for swinging said seat on its pivot for ejecting a cigar from the cutter.

6. A device of the class described including a support having a cigar receiving opening and provided with knives for cutting cigars, a cigar seat disposed in position for closing said opening, said cigar seat being hingedly connected with the support, a lever pivotally connected with the support and having a spring at one end, a lost motion connection between said spring and one of said knives, whereby said lever may be operated as the knife to which it is connected nears the completion of its stroke, and connecting means between said lever and cigar seat, said means being adapted to swing said seat away from the cigar receiving opening upon the act-nation of said lever.

7. A cigar cutter including a support having a cigar receiving opening therein and having a movable cutting knife having a slot, a lever pivotally connected to the support and disposed transversely thereof at one end of the cigar receiving opening, a second lever pivotally supported longitudinally of said support on one side thereof, said second lever being operably connected with first said lever, a third lever cisposed longitidinally of and pivotally connected to said support, said third lever being operably connected with the second lever, a spring carried by the third lever and extending through the slot in the movable knife whereby to operate said levers upon the completion of the stroke of said knife, a movable element adapted to normally support the cigar within the opening in position to be cut by said movable knife, and connecting means between the transversely disposed lever and movable element whereby to move the latter out of supporting position upon the completion of the stroke of said knife.

8. The combination of a cigar cutter having an inclined support provided with a central cigar receiving opening, and having a movable knife, of a cigar seathingedly connected along one edge to the support in position to receive a cigar through the opening, an adjustable cigar rest, a lever disposed transver ely of the support at one end of the opening said lever being pivotally connected to the support, a pin and slotconnection between the hinged edge of said seat and one end of said lever, a second lever pivoted to thesupport and having a loose connection with the first lever, a third lever pivoted to the support and having a connection with the second lever, a spring forming one end of the third lever, and a lost motion connection between said spring and movable knife.

9. The combination with a cigar cutter including a support having a cigar receiving opening and provided with a movable cutting knife, of a cigar rest pivotally connected to said support and normally maintained in the cigar receiving position, a lever pivoted to said support and having one end formed into a spring, means for guiding the spring end of the lever, said movable knife being provided with an arcuate slot, said spring lever end engaging in said slot whereby to provide a lost motion connection between the lever and movable knife, and mechanism connecting the opposite end of the lever with said rest whereby to move said rest out of cigar supporting position, at the completion of the knife stroke.

10. A cigar tuck cutter comprising an inclined support ing, a stationary knife, a pivoted knife, an adjustable cigar rest on the support, a cigar seat pivoted to the support to close over the having a longitudinal openopening of the support, a transversely disposed lever pivoted near one end to the support, and provided at its inner end with a slot, 11 pin carried by the seat near its hinged edge and engaging said slot, the opposite end of said lever extending beyond the support, a second lever pivoted near its upper end on the support and provided With recesses in its ends, the recess in its lower end loosely engaging the projecting end of the first lever, and a third lever pivoted near 5 its lower end to the side of the support and provided at its lower end with a lug engeging the recess in the upper end of the second lever, said third lever having its upper end formed into a spring, said spring extending through a slot in the stationary knife, and through a slot in the movable knife.

GEQRGE W. BOl VMAN. lVitnesses C. E. EHREHART, C. F. EI-IREHART.

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